The Legend of Yellow
By: hydro-serpent58
Platz, Wally, Diamond, Pearl, & Emerald: KARI-CHAN!
Kari: *jumps* H-hai?
Platz: How come others get to talk in the intro now?
Pearl: Yeah! Didn't you say only we get to hog the intro because we're not in the story?
Diamond: It's not fair!
Wally: How come I rarely talk?
Emerald: How come your OCs get to talk in the intro? They weren't here before!
Kari: *sweatdrop* Well, it got boring with you guys being the only ones here. Besides, you weren't complaining.
Platz, Wally, Diamond, Pearl, & Emerald: WELL WE ARE NOW!
Kari: *still sweatdropping* Okay, okay! You can have the next chapter all to yourselves.
Soul: You better!
Ellen: What are you doing here?
Nellie: Kari didn't say you were included in the intro.
Soul: BUT I'M NOT IN THE STORY!
White: So what? I'm not either and you don't see me complaining.
Black: That's because she doesn't dislike you.
Kari: *face palm* Urgh...whatever. I don't own Pokémon so don't even think about suing me!
Chapter 22: Ghostly Encounters
The group paced around unsure of what to do. Mist, Kitt, and Tamashii had all fallen asleep. They had fallen victim just under all of their noses.
This did not help with the fact Yellow was now whimpering and Crystal was muttering, "This doesn't make sense, why would it happen now...?"
Joshua had a troubled look on his face and was biting his lip. He glanced at Neku.
"Well...there's nothing we can do now." He said with a faltering calmness.
"M-mist...Tamashii-san...K-kitt..." Yellow sniffed.
Crystal frowned and opened her mouth to say something when all of a sudden dun-da-duuum! Neku stiffened while Joshua narrowed his eyes.
"W-what's going on?"
"Those were trumpets, it seems the pixie the Fairy Court sent has finally arrived."
The blue-head and blonde's eyes widened. "H-hontōni?"
"We should go. Maybe they can help Mist and the others." Crystal said.
Neku nodded. "Yes. Let us go."
...
In the town at the village center a crowd had gathered. There were a number a creatures with butterfly wings fluttering and a pixie at the head. Yellow quickly recognized.
"Sprites..." Joshua whispered looking at the creatures.
The Sprites all wore a similar uniform. Unlike Mist and Kitt, their clothing consisted of mute colors. They wore cream colored dresses and brown leather boots. The boys wore cream colored dress shirts with brown khaki pants. The girls had on brown skirts. Each had different colored wings. The weird thing was the wings didn't shine, they were dull like moth wings. So that's how a Sprite looks like Yellow thought. She didn't know how fairies looked like, but one things was for sure. Sprites really liked dull colors.
The pixie at the head wore lavender clothing. She had a lavender robe on and a Morning Fresh flower was reeded into a crown that was placed in her hair. Her hair was longer that Mist's and was dark purple. Unlike Mist's ruby eyes her eyes shown like amethysts. Yellow caught sight of the Mayor who was currently chatting with the pixie.
"...Well, well, how terrible for you. I am Iris. Royal pixie sent by Mizuchie and leader of the royal fairy soldiers. Do not fear, the royal sprite knights are here. We shall dispel the darkness before your eyes." The pixie spoke.
Neku's eyes narrowed. There's something off about her...no wait, there's something wrong with all of them Neku realized. Her hand twitched.
"Your words are most assuring. Please! Do what you can." The man replied.
"I sense much evil here. Darkness plagues this village like a disease."
"W-what has brought it upon us?" A person from the crowd asked.
"The source comes from one who is able to harbor the powers of the undead. If I'm not mistaken, those who were victim to it were put into eternal sleep correct?"
"Y-yes!" A person cried.
"You are indeed correct in calling it a curse. Someone has brought it upon you all." She turned to the crowd.
"Until further notice, the village shall be under our control, the royal knights. All entrances shall be sealed. No one may enter or exit the village. Understood? Anyone violating my orders shall be deemed a minion of darkness and...will be purified." The pixie turned around and signaled at the sprites.
"Come my Sprites. Raise your wands and together we shall put to rest the one harming this village."
Crystal looked at Joshua. "Do you guys know who that is? Just what are those guys planning to do here?" She asked suspiciously.
"That's Iris, commander of the fairy soldiers. She's very...into her work. I fear, this town might be in a bit of trouble."
Crystal sighed shaking her head. "Looks like we're gonna be stuck here for a while."
Yellow turned to the small group. "Guys...she said she's looking for a person who did it...I don't think she's gonna waltz up and heal everyone." The girl trailed off.
Joshua's eyes hardened and Neku had a expressionless look on her face. Yellow blinked before turning back around. Some people were speaking to Iris and others walked away. They whispered to one another before staring and pointing at Neku and hurrying away when she looked at them.
"Something tells me you're not out of the woods yet..." Crystal spoke slowly glancing at the two Players.
Players were people who defied death. People who lived when they weren't supposed to. If Iris found out it wouldn't be pretty however... "The source comes from one who is able to harbor the powers of the undead." Iris' words repeated in her mind. This just casts more suspicion on Neku and Joshua Crystal thought.
"Guys..what does she mean by purify?" Yellow asked innocently.
They blinked looking at her. "Errr...she mean's she'll kill them." Neku replied awkwardly.
Yellow stared wide-eyed. "N-nani?" She whispered shocked.
Crystal looked around. They were drawing a lot of attention to themselves now. "Maybe we should go..."
Joshua nodded. "Yeah, lets." With that the group hurried away. Only Neku, was aware of a pair of eyes that were staring straight at them.
...
It was night time now, Tamashii, Kitt, and Mist still hadn't woken up. They were sleeping quite peacefully.
"Well, I guess we should all head to bed." Joshua sighed.
Crystal frowned and looked up at him. "Joshua...I've been meaning to ask. What happened with your piano?"
"I can answer that." Neku spoke in Josh's place.
"Apparently, a poltergeist invaded the piano and possessed it. When Yellow played it the tune placed Yellow under a spell. It then drew her towards it. Most likely, if Yellow had reached it she would've been taken over by the ghost." The girl replied looking at Yellow.
The poor girl gasped in fright and clung to Crystal's arm trembling. "Luckily, Joshua destroyed it. In the process however, the object which held the poltergeist had to be damaged in some way to make sure the spirit was hit. Therefore the piano was split in two."
Neku looked the two Pokédex holders in the eyes. "It can no longer hold a spirit within it." Crystal nodded and sighed.
"Was that poltergeist the cause of the curse?"
"I doubt it." Joshua said flatly. "This curse was brought upon something that was very powerful. That demon was too weak to bring a curse this powerful to remain active very long."
"Then, what...?"
"I think, that demon was sent here by the person who cast the curse." Neku replied.
Yellow looked at her. "You also think...it's a person?"
Neku sighed. "Not exactly. I mean at has to be a being of some sort. There's no other possible answer."
It was quiet for a moment. "Crys, I'm scared if I go to sleep I won't wake up again." Yellow spoke shaking. Her olive eyes were wide and were filled with fear.
Crystal looked at the older girl sadly. The truth was, she was also scared. However the next thing that happened startled everyone. Neku stepped forward and grabbed Yellow. The blonde gasped as her head fell into the nook of Neku's neck and she leaned into the other girl. The red head's arms wrapped around the blonde holding her in a comforting way.
"Yellow, if that happens don't forget my promise." Neku whispered in her ear.
"Well, we should really get to bed." Crystal spoke quickly.
She immediately pulled Yellow out of Neku's grasp and dragged her up the stairs. Joshua glanced a Neku.
"Neku..." The girl sent a quiet smile towards her friend.
"It's okay Josh. Everything will be fine."
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In bed a girl writhed, her face screwed up in pain. She moaned turning this way and that. She was sweating profusely and was gritting her teeth very hard.
"RO~AAR!" A huge green dinosaur Pokémon roared in rage.
A small girl with dark jet blue hair and a small boy with black hair screamed as they were attacked.
"Run!" The boy yelled.
Both children turned and scrambled down the rocky slopes of Mount Mortar. However, the Tyranitar wasn't about the let them go that easily. With a battle cry it stomped down hard into the ground. The ground rumbled and shook before breaking into pieces. The boulders and rocks gathered momentum and slid down the cliffs right toward them. The boy was able to get to higher ground above the on coming rock slide bu the girl wasn't so lucky. The boulders closed in on her.
"CRYS!" The boy yelled.
He leaped of the ledge he was running on and pushed Crystal out of the way as he landed. The girl screamed as she was shoved roughly from behind and was sent tumbling down the hard earth. As she rolled down the rocky surface she kept getting scratched and hitting a part of her body. Finally she fell upon a leveled mound of earth and landed painfully on her stomach. She couldn't move her legs and everything hurt. Painfully using her arms she raise herself up and looked up the cliff just in time to see the boulders hurl into the boy and bury him under the rumble. The rocks continued to slide down the cliff and Crystal could only watch as her friend's body was swept away.
"KENTAAA!" Her scream echoed through the mountain.
"Nnng...Kenta..." She moaned wincing.
Everything hurt. She couldn't open her eyes. An oxygen mask was on her face and bandages were wrapped around her chest and arms. A first aid bandage was stuck to her cheek and a needle was stuck into her arm that connected to the IV bag. She could faintly hear the beeping of the electrocardiogram. Outside through the door she heard voices.
"How are they?" A worried voice asked.
"They were both injured very badly. The girl has broken both of her arms. She won't be able to use them for a while."
The voice gasped and asked shakily. "W-what about him?"
The other voice sighed. "He...sustained a very bad head injury. He died 15 minutes after he was brought in."
The voices drifted away as the people moved away from the door. Behind the door, tears escape from the girl's closed eyes. 'I'm so sorry Kenta...I'm the one who should've died' The girl thought.
"Kenta...Kenta no..." The girl whimpered in her sleep.
Fresh tears slid down her cheek as the horrid memories. Kenta...he was her best friend. The police had been notified of a rock slide in the area so they had come to check it out. That was how the two had been rescued. Unfortunately, Kenta hadn't survived.
The background turned black and soon Crystal was again standing alone and a black void. A sad look on her face.
"I haven't thought of you in such a long time...I haven't even visited your grave in Violet City since I was Earl Cervish Pokémon Academy...I'm such a bad friend." The girl said sadly.
The blackness the melted away. In it's place what a beautiful dark blue sky. Crystal watched as the stars glittered around her. White Angelica flower petals danced around her. She was standing in an empty open field. The wind blew ruffling the grass and making Crystal's pig tails swish. The petals continued to dance around her until they were blown into a different course. They rose up and to Crystal's astonishment created a pathway towards the moon. The moon shone brightly in it's crescent form. Crystal stared. She knew yet she didn't know how she knew, but she knew for certain. This was the Luna Pathway. The girl stared up the trail to the moon. It was offering a way, to get away from her despair. She could leave right now, she really could. She stared ahead and saw fluttering in front of the moon was a crimson butterfly. It was very delicate and looked as if it were made of blood. It shone scarlet fluttering in an inviting manner. The girl took a step forward and began to climb up the Luna Pathway. As she continued, her eyes were on the butterfly. Finally, the loses of life would never hurt her again. She would no long have to suffer through, hate, sadness, anger, loneliness. Nothing, she'd escape it all. She'd find a beautiful world full of happiness. As she continued a saw a familiar graffiti sign at the door way above the butterfly. It was the same thing on the stone Yellow had found. It was, the mark of death.
*Stop...* The girl paused. That voice...it was the same one from before.
*You're making a mistake...* "How do you know? It's offering me help. Why should I refuse?" Crystal replied back.
*It is true, if you follow the butterfly you will feel relief. However, that doesn't necesarily mean you'll find peace...* Crystal frowned.
"What do you mean?" *You're only running away from the problem...the Luna Pathway offers only resolve to those weak-hearted and merely sheilds cowards...*
"So what? I just want to get away from it all!" Crystal shrieked.
The tainted butterfly continued to glow in welcome as it basked in the moon's light. Oh how Crystal wanted to join it, this path was what would lead her to peace, true happiness...yet, here she was arguing with the voice that warned her from before.
*You're only distracting yourself. No matter how much you run or think you're at peace, you're only being blissfully ignorant. The problem will always be there, ignoring it won't do any good...* "Oh yeah? Well maybe that's the point! Have you ever thought of that? Maybe ignoring the issue well help us find peace! So what if it's still there? As long as I remain oblivious to it, there's no way it can hurt me." Crystal replied defiantly.
With a huff, she began to descend up the pathway once again. *That may be true, but it doesn't mean it won't hurt others...* The voice responded.
Crystal froze. 'Hurt...others?' *The choice is yours Messenjā Kitakaze...* The voice faded away.
Crystal whipped around. "Matte! What do you mean Messenjā Kitakaze?" Crystal yelled.
However, she got no answer. Crystal slowly turned back around to look at the ghostly creature. A sad smile played on her lips.
"Gomensai, but I'm afraid I can't risk harming another person." With that the girl turned and fled down the starlit pathway into the fields not once looking back.
A freezing chill ran down the Trainer's spine. The girl twitched and shivered letting out a groan. Hehee... Ghostly giggles faintly rang throughout the room. Suddenly shouts outside the room were heard and the door burst open. There stood a panicked looking Yellow, a panting Joshua and Neku who surprisingly didn't look fazed at all.
Neku was at the head of the group and was the one still holding the door knob. Her grasp tightened on it. She felt it, they all did. There was a presence in the room. Yellow and Joshua stood behind Neku. Joshua was next to Neku but slightly behind, Yellow was behind Neku and looking nervously over her shoulder.
Neku's eyes scanned the room. Her gaze snapped to the bed where Crystal slept. From the corner of her eye she saw a flash of purple.
"CRYSTAL!" A shout erupted.
Neku sprinted from the door to the Trainer, at the same time Yellow released Chuchu from her Pokéball.
The blue head's eyes snapped open. "Wha-?"
Before she could ask any questions Neku grabbed the girls' arm and yanked her out of the bed and to the ground. The two rolled away from the bed.
"Stay down." Neku hissed.
Neku had already gotten up unto all fours and was on her hands and knees. Crystal was behind her on her side lying down. Neku's back faced her. However, from her spot on the ground she could see clearly over Neku's shoulder by tilting her head up at an 75 degree angle.
Hanging in the air where Crystal had just laid was a faint purple cloud, like a dimly luminescent haze. In the second she took to focus on it, Yellow perceived a face in the shape, a ghastly visage that snarled at them with a mouth full of fangs. Seeing the red head wasn't about to let it touch the blue haired girl. It cast its sights on the ash haired boy and blonde. It rushed forward and Joshua catapulted himself back to the back wall of the room. Yellow on the other hand stood there paralyzed, her face paled as the ghastly creature zoned in on her. However, Chuchu materialized in front of her Trainer in a blur wind and sparks, her body crackled with electricity and let loose a bolt of energy attack. The thunderbolt connected with the apparition and seemed to disperse within its form as though they'd hit something far more substantial than a gas but not quite solid. With a hissing shriek the vapor reared back. It sent once last snarl towards Yellow before turning and flying straight through the open window leaving a light breeze in its exit. Yellow remained were she stood, panting. A cold sweat had broken out across her forehead which she wiped away with the scruff of her sleeve.
"What was that?" Yellow gasped catching her breath.
She looked around and guessing by the looks on their faces they didn't really know either.
"I think it was some kind of poltergeist." Joshua spoke up.
Yellow nodded and bent down to pet Chuchu who was currently glaring at the window where the manifestation had escaped.
"I know what it was..." Crystal spoke shakily. Everyone turned to look at the pallid girl.
"That...", the girl gulped and spoke, "...was a Gastly."
Wow...so much foreshadowing. Every time you figure out one mystery five more reveal themselves. T.T Please review and include a question to ask our favorite Pokemon characters!
*Note: Kenta is an actual Pokémon character. I did not make him up. I used his japanese name, for those of you who want to know who he is look up his english name.*
~hydro-serpent58